title: [Acute poisoning due to barium chloride--case report].
abstract: We reported a case of 52-years-old male, suffering from alcohol dependence, who ingested 20-30 ml 10% barium chloride solution as a substitute of ethanol. We observed gastrointestinal disturbances (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), numbness and paresthesias of limbs, severe hypokalemia (1.29 mmol/l) resulting in general paralysis of skeleton muscles, dysarthria and dysphagia, ventricular arrhythmias. This patient was treated successfully with potassium chloride supplementation and was discharged after 9 days.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Medycyny Pracy i Zdrowia Srodowiskowego w Sosnowcu, Oddział Toksykologii Klinicznej z Regionalnym Ośrodkiem Ostrych Zatruć. yaris22@wp.pl
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Picheta
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kłopotowski
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kicka
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bazylewicz
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Miśkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D017609:Barium Compounds / Q000506:poisoning*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D017609:Barium Compounds; D002712:Chlorides; C024986:barium chloride; D011189:Potassium Chloride